★★★½ Cars

[Twinkletoes: 3.5]

I liked it but was a bit disappointed. The film looked great, the voice acting was very good, the story was solid Pixar fare but what I think it comes down to is that automobiles just don't work as characters like actual living things (or toys) do. I was also bothered by a few moments of "timely" humor the likes of which ruin both of the Shrek films for me. It wasn't as egregious and was done with much more subtlety, but I was mildly annoyed. The film was also plagued with a woefully uninteresting 1st third. I know it sounds like I hated it but the film did redeem itself with what I found to be a very involving last half or so. Of all of the Pixar films I'd say I liked only Finding Nemo less.